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From Easter trails and family activities to a Cancer Research fundraiser, drag cabaret and a talk on skydiving, Street and Glastonbury are doing their usual job of making sure nobody can claim there is nothing on locally.

Somerset has produced its usual mix of useful, random and very specific options, from plant shopping and bus timetables to egg hunts, drag, steam trains and a lecture on why clocks ruined everything.

Starting on Friday, 3 April, Pennard Plants is holding a Nursery Open Day at The Walled Garden in East Pennard. Entry is free, there will be edible plants, fruit trees, herbs and seeds for sale, and staff on hand with expert advice, which is handy if your gardening method is mostly guesswork and optimism. The same event is also listed on Shepton Mallet Nub News here.

Also starting on Friday, 3 April, a run of Easter events gets under way across the area. Your existing Easter days out round-up includes Easter on the Farm at Somerset Rural Life Museum in Glastonbury, running from 3 to 19 April, along with Easter Family Activities at the Bishop's Palace in Wells, the Easter Children's Trail at Kilver Court Garden, and the East Somerset Railway Easter weekend service, which runs from 3 to 6 April with egg hunts and family activities.

On Saturday, 4 April, Wells Bus Users will be at Wells Market with the new April 2026 bus timetables. The group says it has helped save the 174 evening Wells to Shepton service for another six months and is inviting people to stop by, pick up a paper timetable and talk about recent journeys. Not glamorous, but undeniably practical, which is more than can be said for some Saturday plans.

Also on Saturday, 4 April, Shepton Mallet Town Council and Collett Park Café are holding an Easter Egg Hunt at Collett Park from 11am to 2pm. The event includes a free Easter egg hunt around the park, lamb and other animal petting, free crafts, a bring-your-own Easter hat parade with prizes at 1pm, and face painting for £1. The café will also be open, with treats on offer and Olly's Lollies there to keep people cool. Which is a solid effort for early April, when the weather could still quite easily have other ideas.

Also from Saturday, 4 April, the Shoemakers Museum in Street is running daily Easter egg hunts and trails through to 19 April, giving families one more option for tiring out the children before they start climbing the furniture.

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Also on Saturday, 4 April, the East Somerset Railway is advertising Sparkling Afternoon Tea, in case your ideal Easter weekend involves bubbles and a train carriage.

That evening, The Crown Hotel in Glastonbury is hosting a Cancer Research fundraiser with live music. The event runs from 7pm to 11pm with a suggested £5 donation, and the line-up is long enough that nobody can accuse organisers of underbooking.

Later on Saturday, the Unity Club in Street is hosting Ultimate Party Night, starting from 9pm with disco, karaoke and audience participation. This is either exactly your thing or the reason you suddenly remember you have to wash your hair. It continues on Easter Sunday, 5 April, with live songs from the 1960s to the present day.

On Sunday, 5 April, Ferne Animal Sanctuary is holding its annual Spring Festival at Wambrook near Chard, with Easter egg hunts, arts and crafts, food and access to the grounds. It is also listed on Glastonbury Nub News here. If your preferred day out involves animals, snacks and low stakes wandering about, this may be the one.

Also on Easter Sunday, 5 April, the Mendip Belle at East Somerset Railway is running a Sunday lunch service, because clearly lunch now needs its own rolling stock.

Running across the Easter break and still relevant this week, Wells Cathedral's Easter Egg Trail continues through to 18 April, while Shepton Mallet Prison is offering holiday activities including a free Easter egg hunt with valid entry, themed crafts and the Great Eggscape experience. There is also prison-based family fun, which remains a sentence that feels faintly surreal.

On Tuesday, 7 April, Chilcompton Village Hall is hosting Radstock Museum's Bygone Days Illustrated History Talk. Richard Ellam will present A Brief Social History of Time from 7.30pm, looking at how people went from living by daylight and moonlight to being ruled by clocks. A fair topic, given most of us are now permanently two minutes late and mildly annoyed.

Also on Tuesday, 7 April, Glastonbury Abbey is running Bouncy Bunny Head Bands in the Abbey Museum from 11am to 1pm. If nothing else, it is hard to accuse them of vague event naming.

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That evening, The King Arthur in Glastonbury is hosting Lavender Vespers, with doors at 7.30pm and the show running from 8pm to 10.30pm. Organisers are promising drag, comedy and experimental cabaret, which sounds like a much better use of a Tuesday than half-watching television and pretending to relax.

On Wednesday, 8 April, Wells Cathedral is running Easter Crafts, for anyone still committed to the full glue, paper and sugar experience.

Then Thursday, 9 April arrives with no intention of taking it easy. Glastonbury Town Hall is hosting Falling With Style, where Lottie Dale will talk about her skydiving experiences, with refreshments and free entry for a first visit. This is being pitched as inspiration for a new hobby, which is one way to discover whether your comfort zone has a ceiling.

Also on Thursday, 9 April, the Shoemakers Museum is hosting Exploring Fossils, while Strode Theatre in Street is staging Teddy's Day On The Farm and The Wind in the Willows, offering parents a few decent ways to fill the day without resorting to soft play desperation.

Also that day, Glastonbury Abbey is running Easter Sock Bunnies, which sounds wholesome right up until one of them ends up living in the back seat of your car for six months.

And finally, Wells Cathedral's Easter Crafts return on 9 April too, because apparently one round was never going to be enough.

So yes, there is quite a bit on this week: plants, buses, egg hunts, lambs, karaoke, steam trains, prison activities, drag, fossils, skydiving and a lecture on time. Somerset remains fully committed to keeping everyone busy in the most unpredictable way possible.